Local Government Permanent Secretary Amos Malupenga says the ministry has procured 42 fire tenders from Spain. Mr Malupenga has told Q-News that the fire tenders are expected to arrive in the country by July this year. He says the procurement process for the fire tenders commenced last year. Mr Malupenga states that he recently led a delegation from his ministry ...

Constitutional lawyer Sakwiba Sikota says it is wrong for the opposition UPND to assume that it has a right whether or not to recognize President Edgar Lungu. Mr. Sikota says the fact that President Lungu has been inaugurated as Republic President means that that his inauguration is law. In an interview with QTV News, Mr. Sikota who is also opposition ...

The Zambia Revenue Authority (ZRA) has instituted legal proceedings against United Progressive Party (UPP) President Dr. Saviour Chishimba for Malicious Falsehood. The authority is demanding K100 billion in reputation damages. On Friday, 31st March, 2017 and Tuesday ,4th  April , 2017,  Dr. Chishimba issued statements purporting that the Authority dubiously and by corrupt means awarded a contract for the Design, ...

(AllHipHop News) The highly anticipated Tupac Shakur biopic All Eyez On Me is set to premiere in theaters on June 16. One day later the feature film will close out the American Black Film Festival in Miami. “Jeff Clanagan, president of Codeblack Films, has been a longtime supporter of the festival,” stated ABFF Ventures CEO Jeff Friday. “It’s an honor to screen the ...

Pop legend Prince would not have minded One Direction star Harry Styles launching his solo career with a song called Sign of the Times. That’s according to Sheena Easton, who famously sang with Prince on U Got the Look, one of the songs from his classic 1987 album Sign o’ the Times. Some have questioned Styles’s use of the title, ...

Footballers in Gabon are being treated as slaves through the systematic late payment of salaries, the head of the country’s players union told AFP. Remy Ebanega’s outburst came in the wake of a damning Fifpro report which revealed that 95.6 percent of players from teams in Gabon have been paid late at some point. “It’s slavery,” said Ebanega, a former ...

European soccer governing body Uefa approved term limits for its top officials, including its president, on Wednesday and agreed that venues for club competition finals should be chosen by a “transparent” process.Under the changes, the Uefa president and members of the executive committee will be able to serve a maximum of three four-year terms. Previously, there was no limit on ...

South Africa’s embattled president has been backed by a major decision-making body within the ruling ANC. It was looking at a complaint by some of the ANC top executives that Jacob Zuma had failed to consult them over reshuffling his cabinet. After considering the complaint, the ANC has decided not to press for Mr Zuma to resign, a party official ...

Russia is objecting to a draft resolution on the chemical weapons deaths in northern Syria as the UN Security Council meets in New York. Russian suggestions that civilians were poisoned by rebel weapons on the ground have been widely rejected. The UK’s foreign secretary, a rebel commander and a weapons expert all said the evidence pointed to an attack by ...

Foreign Affairs Minister Harry Kalaba says Zambia is keen to learn from the Czech Republic’s achievements in areas of energy, agriculture and manufacturing. Mr Kalaba said this when Czech Republic Ambassador Designate to Zambia, Radek Rubes paid a curtsey call on him at his office this morning. He noted that the Czech Republic has done well in improving sectors such ...